Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-01-20


build through Kansas into the south
west, and among the number rs one
called the Missouri. Kansas & South
ern. Mr.. l.. NJ. Conkling, Of Kingman.
Kas., was in Kansas City Wednesday.
and in an interview with a Journal
reporter sad: ''The proposed road
would run from Kansas City TO Wichita
via Emporia, from Wichita to King
man, and from that point TO the
southwestern corner Of Kansas, thence
through No Mans Land 10 Aibuqu-
cirque. At a point east Of Albua uerQue
a line will run west to Ell Paso. This
line is an independent trunk line and
not connected with any other road IN
the state Of Kansas. Il will be the
shortest line to Emporia. Wichita,
and the west, and is the shortest line
60 E Paso by 200 miles. A lateral
branch is contemplated from Atchison
NO Topeka and thence to EmpOria.
The capital stock Of the company is
$50, 100000 The New York direc-
tors are: General Z. A. Elmer, pres
ident; Constant A. Andrews, first vice
president; w. w. Flanagan, William
Brookfeld, T. B. sickle., NJ. W.
Conkling, F. A. Newgent. The Kan
sas directors are: Hon. A. 0. Oliver
NJ. W. Levy, w. Woodman. John P.
jones, II. II. Graves, E. Wait, w. S.
Grosvenor and L. NJ Conkling. The
latter is both director and second vice
president. The charter was filed last
October, and the bonds along the line
of the road are now being veted.
Topeka Democrat.
The "wire fence man" is new swim
dler working the farmers. His modus
operanda is thus described. He wants
the privilege Of exhibiting wire fence
Stretching machine to farmers in your
township on your farm for which priv
ilege he will build you thirty or forty
rods of good fence for exhibition and
ali he asks of you is to board him go
and pay the charges, not to- exceed So,
for the fence all set up where you want
it. In order to have all satisfactory.
and as warrant of the farmers good
intentions he requires him to sign a
written contract on postal card.
which he mails to his partener. which
proves to be an order for the machine,
price 5000. worth about S26. After
th -aaehine comes, Il new man tarns
up with the postal order for the ma
chine and requires payment Of the
$500 as per agreement on the card he
claims to be attorney of the company
and threatens to sue in the United
States court until he gets the note.
The cost of building the 900 miles
of railroad completed in Kansas du-
ring the past year was increased mil
lion Gf dollars by the enol nous duty
on steel rails. This additional cost is
paid by the farmers of Kansas who are
Indirectly taxed in the way of freight
rates on every car of. products carried
by these roads, because rates must be
sufficient to pay interest and sinking
fund on the capital invested in these
roads. Yes, but, say the protection
lists "the tariff insures to the benefit of
the workingman. Not so; the men
in making steel rails do not
get cent more than wnen the price
of rails was $2S to $50 per ton, the
price at which it has been demonstra-
ted small profit can be made. Ola
the Democrat
In the five months ending Decem-
ber 23d, last, the Chicago, Kansas
and Nebraska railroad moved nearly |
Z 600, 900 cubic yards of earth. Over |
3 900, 900 feet of lumber was used In
bridges. If the piles used
were fastened together they would form
a pole thirty miles long. They also
put down 10000 cubic yards of ma
sonry, and laid $4,000 feet of iron pipe.
5000 tons for culverts. The
nuts and washers used in building
bridges weighed 234,729. pounds. The
abovd record of railroad building has
never been surpassed. The number
Of miles of track laid was 245.
A. J. Harwi, senator from Atchi-
son county. has introduced bill Civ
ing j, F. Tufts S3, 800 for his service
in closing the Atchison saloons.
The debt of Atchison amounts to
about s647 900. on which the people
are compelled to pay all annual inter.
est of s31, 900.
The Montgomery county argus sold
its subscription list and good will to
the Star and Ku,,san.
There are two Arnolds in the house.
Dne from Pattawatomie and one from
Reno.
There is not an acre of government
land in Saline county.